HEARTBROKEN daughter Colleen Marlow, who is fighting for justice for her father who died after being beaten up in a betting shop, hopes a coroner's finding will help her cause.

Miss Marlow, 27, who lives in the Hillworth Road area of Devizes was devastated by the death of her father Bobby Awofeso, 52, in London and then became angry when police decided no charges would be brought after initially launching a murder inquiry.

On Friday a coroner in Poplar gave a verdict that Mr Awofeso had died of natural causes but he asked for it to go on record that the incident in the betting shop had contributed to his death.

After the hearing, attended by Miss Marlow, she was told by investigating officer Supt Lee Presland that the case was to be re-opened.

Miss Marlow, who has lived in Wiltshire since she was a teenager after being put into care, said: "This gives me new hope that justice will be done.

"My father had a heart problem but I believe it is what happened in the Betfred shop that caused his death."

Miss Marlow, who had got back on good terms with her father four years ago, said: "He came to see me in Devizes and he was proud that his daughter had a nice home. He was a man who didn't drink, smoke or do drugs.

"I was devastated when I got a phone call to say he had died. It shouldn't have happened. Months earlier my dad had his credit card taken but the police did nothing and a letter he wrote after that was almost like a premonition of his death."

In the letter he said: "How many people will be killed or injured as a result of your neglect of duty."

Mr Awofeso died on April 4, 2018, when he was in the betting shop in Hackney and was left unconscious after an argument with the man he believed had taken his credit card turned violent.

Miss Marlow believe police were too stretched to investigate her father's death properly and there had been seven murders in four days and the Metropolitan Police passed the case to the City of London Police.

A spokesman said: "City of London Police approached the Met to offer assistance. The investigation was led by Supt Lee Presland from City of London and a former Met officer."